This past weekend, we were proud to stand alongside the Western Australian community at RAC Arena for Telethon 2025, with Harley, the Healthy Hearing Kid.
Ear Science Institute Australia is honoured to be a Telethon beneficiary, and we are deeply grateful for the generous support that enables us to continue our mission to help children with ear and hearing disorders and to find treatments for today, and cures for tomorrow.
Thanks to Telethon, we’re able to advance critical research into:
- Genetic-associated hearing loss, including conditions like Usher syndrome.
- Otitis media, a middle ear infection that disproportionately affects children in remote and Indigenous communities.
- Innovative treatments, such as our internationally acclaimed scaffold to repair perforated eardrums, nanodrug delivery systems to prevent hearing loss, and alternative hearing devices for children with conductive hearing loss.
One of our most exciting initiatives is The Aussie Ear Bank—Australia’s first biobank and registry dedicated to genetic-associated hearing loss. This groundbreaking initiative is helping us unlock the genetic causes of deafness and develop personalised treatments that could one day eliminate the need for surgical interventions.
The Aussie Ear Bank is supported by generous grants and donations, including:
- A $500,000 WA Future Health Research and Innovation Grant
- A $150,000 contribution from The Ian Potter Foundation
- Ongoing support from our Gift of Hearing donors.
We simply couldn’t do this without Telethon and the incredible generosity of the Western Australian community and our amazing donors across Australia. Your support fuels our science, empowers our researchers, and gives hope to children and families across the state.
From all of us at Ear Science—thank you.
